Harveen's Baking Affair

Finally , one of those Saturdays which come after a major holiday....in this case the one after the Thanksgiving potluck and Black Friday madness . After gorging on all the food on the aforementioned holiday and being invited to a dinner party the following day ...my body was demanding some mercy be shown and something light be consumed. It's not that I didn't pay heed it to it's first warning bell..remember the green smoothie I made with kale and left over cranberries but having biryani on the previously mentioned dinner party  didn't help at all. Anyways, coming back to the lazy Saturday , half of which was spent lazing around ..doing nothing and close to the other half on vacillating on what light soup should be prepared ? Asking my kids would not have helped matters at all  as they are extremely biased towards the cream of mushroom one. Green came to my rescue ..green smoothie..green soup..simple ! Spinach Soup was meant to be. Here is my adapted reci...

What do you when you have guests coming over on a frigid Saturday afternoon ? You make a rich creamy mushroom soup of course. If you can get that right, chances are they might just be tempted to lick their bowls. This is a recipe that has always yielded excellent results though it might set the expectations too high for the main course. Fresh mushrooms are an absolute must for this recipe . Hubby brought the large portobello mushrooms which I used one large of . You can use 1 cup of any chopped fresh mushrooms. The recipe calls for cream and since mine was smelling funny , replaced it with whole milk without any changes in the result.  Just remember , constantly keep on stirring it with a whisk after you add the cream and stock.So, without further adieu , here is the recipe - Ingredients - 1  small onion chopped 1 cup mushrooms chopped 2 tbsp butter 4 tbsp all purpose flour 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock (make mine at home and freeze it ) 1 cup water 1/2 cu...

Mr. Winter  has come with full force and I am down with a bad case of the sniffles. Now, raise your hand if the first food item that comes  into your mind when battling the sniffles is the humble soup. A quick look at the stock of vegetables in the refrigerator seemed to confirm what I had already suspected ...carrots galore ..blame it on Mr. Roy for bringing extra large bags of them . Further investigation revealed that yes, ginger was there in sufficient quantity too , to make ginger carrot soup . Will not mention that mint was available  too for decorative purposes ( don't want to sound too vain ). Armed with the necessary ingredients (mentioned below) , marched to my kitchen counter .  After the initial chopping and sauteing was done and the the carrots softened by the addition of the vegetable stock and water to the pressure cooker,  I used my Vitamix  in the soup setting for the blending . Any normal blender will also get the job done (have tri...